Xen composed on 2018-02-26 17:02 (UTC): > Dante Ernesto García Vargas composed:
>>> Does Windows breaks GRUB ramdonly after being installed and set in order >>> to dual boot Linux and Windows? > Windows 10 has been known to overwrite the boot sector on updates > recently. > Ordinarily, it does not. > It's best to always have an USB stick or SD card available to boot Linux > with, all you need is the boot sector + space till the first partition. > I mean any MBR card/stick partitioned with a 2048s (1MB) partition > offset can be used to install Grub with no other requirements. > Ordinarily Windows leaves the boot sector alone after installation..... Even better, don't put Grub on the MBR in the first place: https://old-en.opensuse.org/Bugs/grub#How_does_a_PC_boot_.2F_How_can_I_set_up_a_working_GRUB.3F When you make Linux boot from Grub on a primary partition instead of the MBR, then the worst Windows will do is move the boot flag off your Linux onto its own, which you can fix from a Windows boot in a few seconds on those few occasions it happens. Some Windows updates will inexplicably fail unless the boot flag is on a Windows partition, with the result that much time is wasted by Windows repeatedly trying to install, failing, then restoring, then trying again. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ _______________________________________________ Help-grub mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-grub
